It was the deadliest string of shark attacks the world has ever seen. In 2011, sharks in Réunion, a beautiful island, way out in the Indian Ocean started biting people way more than ever before and with lunatic violence. The epidemic forced local surfers, politicians, and business owners into a proxy war with ocean lovers and conservationists worldwide, where long simmering tensions boiled over. Réunion: Shark Attacks in Paradise is the story of what happened on this beautiful island, and t ...
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71: Kevin Bloom-Journalist
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Kevin Bloom is an author and journalist. He is a regular columnist for the Daily Maverick online news site where he has recently written a series of articles around the environment and issues of climate change and extreme weather.
In an article published a few days after we spoke Kevin wrote about a landmark case around air pollution in Mpumalanga province where President Ramaphosa is one of the respondents.
We chatted about some of the themes of his recent writing including the Xolobeni community in the Eastern Cape and its fight against the intrusion of an Australian mining company, the contradictions of government environmental policy, and the threat to Africa and South Africa of the environmental crisis we are facing.
Kevin also spoke about the myth of "clean" coal and the forces that prevent the emergence of cheap, sustainable energy.
In an article published a few days after we spoke Kevin wrote about a landmark case around air pollution in Mpumalanga province where President Ramaphosa is one of the respondents.
We chatted about some of the themes of his recent writing including the Xolobeni community in the Eastern Cape and its fight against the intrusion of an Australian mining company, the contradictions of government environmental policy, and the threat to Africa and South Africa of the environmental crisis we are facing.
Kevin also spoke about the myth of "clean" coal and the forces that prevent the emergence of cheap, sustainable energy.
110 episodes
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Kevin Bloom is an author and journalist. He is a regular columnist for the Daily Maverick online news site where he has recently written a series of articles around the environment and issues of climate change and extreme weather.
In an article published a few days after we spoke Kevin wrote about a landmark case around air pollution in Mpumalanga province where President Ramaphosa is one of the respondents.
We chatted about some of the themes of his recent writing including the Xolobeni community in the Eastern Cape and its fight against the intrusion of an Australian mining company, the contradictions of government environmental policy, and the threat to Africa and South Africa of the environmental crisis we are facing.
Kevin also spoke about the myth of "clean" coal and the forces that prevent the emergence of cheap, sustainable energy.
In an article published a few days after we spoke Kevin wrote about a landmark case around air pollution in Mpumalanga province where President Ramaphosa is one of the respondents.
We chatted about some of the themes of his recent writing including the Xolobeni community in the Eastern Cape and its fight against the intrusion of an Australian mining company, the contradictions of government environmental policy, and the threat to Africa and South Africa of the environmental crisis we are facing.
Kevin also spoke about the myth of "clean" coal and the forces that prevent the emergence of cheap, sustainable energy.
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